Summary

moral decline (n) - psychological shift in an individual or community, characterized by reduced adherence to cultural or social norms or values and widespread lapses in ethical behavior

Will Graham's destruction is slow, painful, and well deserved, at the hands of the only person he's every really trusted. He expected nothing less. But Hannibal is unpredictable in ways only a psychopath can be, and he's orchestrated a rebirth which is entirely unexpected but not entirely unwelcome: catharsis, codependence, and a return to the animal instinct Will has spent his entire life repressing.